Okungenani abantu abangu-17 abadukile kwalimala abangu-77, abathathu kubo basesimeni esibucayi, kuwumphumela womlilo omkhulu oqale ngoLwesihlanu kusihlwa eSupertanker Base eMatanzas, eCuba, ngenxa yokuphuma kukagesi okuhlasele umgwaqo. ithangi likawoyela ongahluziwe ongu-50.000 cubic metres.
URigel Rodríguez Cubells, umqondisi weMatanzas Territorial Fuel Marketing Division, wachaza ukuthi iSupertanker Base—enamathange angu-XNUMX—inohlelo lwenduku yombani, kodwa ngokusobala ukukhishwa kwakungaphezu kwalokho eyayingakuvikela.
Kuze kube manje, iziphathimandla azikwazanga ukucisha umlilo, osusabalele ethangini lesine lokugcina uphethiloli. "Amandla amalangabi asenamandla futhi angabonakala ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene edolobheni," kusho iphephandaba i-Girón, isikhungo sezindaba sendawo.
Manje siyayishiya indawo yomlilo eMatanzas. Lokhu kugcina ithangi likaphethiloli livuliwe futhi kunciphisa ukupholisa kwamanzi ethangini likaphethiloli eliseduze, kunciphisa ithuba lokubhebhetheka komlilo. Nakulokhu abeFirefighters benza izimanga. pic.twitter.com/ZHclPo1JET
- Manuel Marrero Cruz (@MMarreroCruz) Agasti 6, 2022
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Ngokusho kwentatheli uMario J. Pentón, izakhamuzi zakuleli dolobha ziphuma ngezindlela zazo ngoba zesaba ukuthi umlilo uzobhebhetheka futhi zigweme umonakalo odalwe amagesi anobuthi asevele emboze ingxenye enkulu yesibhakabhaka sesifunda, efinyelela ngisho nangaphezulu. eHavana, amakhilomitha angaphezu kwekhulu ukusuka emlilweni.
Iziphathimandla zaseCuba zitshale izikhungo eziningi zokuhlenga nokuhlenga. Ezithombeni eziningana, izindiza ezinophephela emhlane zingabonakala zilayisha amanzi echwebeni ukuzama ukupholisa amathangi aseduze kwendawo eshile. Kodwa-ke, umsebenzi awuzange uphumelele, umlilo awukalawuleki futhi, ngenxa yalesi sizathu, uhulumeni waseCuba ucele usizo nezeluleko emazweni anolwazi kuwoyela.
“Kudingeka usizo lwamazwe ngamazwe. Izithombe zingikhumbuza iChernobyl. Ngeluleka bonke abantu baseMatanzas ukuthi baqhelelane nendawo ukuze bazisindise emagesi anobuthi,” kuxwayisa uPentón, intatheli yaseCuba ezinze eMiami.
Kucatshangwa ukuthi abanyamalala, ingxenye enkulu, abantu abasha abaphakathi kweminyaka engu-17 nengu-19 ubudala, abachithe umsebenzi wabo wezempi ezikhungweni zokuhlenga nokuhlenga, futhi bathunyelwe ukuzocisha umlilo.
